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    Farm household typology and adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices in smallholder farming systems of southern Africa

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    Makate, C.
    Makate, Marshall
    Mango, N.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Makate, C. and Makate, M. and Mango, N. 2018. Farm household typology and adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices in smallholder farming systems of southern Africa. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. 10 (4): pp. 421-439.
    Source Title
    African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development
    DOI
    10.1080/20421338.2018.1471027
    ISSN
    2042-1338
    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68637
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    • Curtin Research Publications
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    © 2018 African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development Enhancing adoption rates of climate-smart agriculture practices and their impact on livelihoods requires promotional persistence, complemented by a thorough socioeconomic analysis that recognizes the heterogeneity of smallholder farmers. Farm typologies are a useful tool to assist in understanding and unpacking the wide diversity amongst smallholder farmers to improve both up- and out-scaling of climate-smart agriculture practices. Our study typifies farm households in southern Africa based on socioeconomic factors prompting adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices. We use a combination of principal component analysis for necessary data reduction and cluster analysis to identify typical farm households and their socioeconomic characteristics. It is evident from our results that various socioeconomic factors define clusters and can be associated with adoption and use of climate-smart agriculture practices in smallholder farming. We conclude that farm typology identification is an important step towards the promotion of climate-smart agriculture practices in smallholder agriculture. These typologies provide essential ammunition to support efforts and policies aimed at improving adoption by recognizing heterogeneities in the targeted populations. In addition, we conclude that the multivariate analysis provides useful tools suitable for identifying the important socioeconomic characteristics of households influential in determining adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices.

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